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Social Studies 6

Grade Level: Middle School

Subject: History & Social Science

Type: Core

In this sixth-grade course, students expand their understanding of history, civics and government, geography, economics, society, and culture by studying the people and events that ushered in the dawn of the major Western and non-Western ancient civilizations. The two-semester course consists of eight units that present content in the following themes: Early Civilizations of Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Kush; Ancient Hebrews; Ancient Greece; the Persian empire, Ancient Asia: Civilizations of India, China, and Japan; and Ancient Rome. Among other skills, Social Studies 6 equips students to sequence, categorize, and identify cause-and-effect relationships of important events of ancient times; understand, describe, and analyze similarities and differences within and among cultures; and describe how citizenship varies among different societies.